What I did while FMQ yesterday.
 

I made a scrappy quilt which allowed lots and lots of strings, lint and debris (pests) to gather on the quilt top. Before I started to FMQ, I had to "pick" the nested area to avoid stitching over these pests. Finally decided it was easier to run my lint roller to clean the nest where I wanted to quilt. And I didn't need to remove my gloves!!

When the quilting was done, the top had very few pests remaining. Next time, I will run the lint roller over the entire top after pin basting and while it is flat. Now off to the dollar store to get another lint roller.

..I always use a lint roller on the top before quilting (L/A)..... For any stray threads.....but I have the kind that has that funny fabric stuff on it, not sticky paper, so I just rub in the opposite direction and get a fuzz ball to remove.....

I bought what I thought was one lint roller and it came with EIGHT. I thought they will last me a lifetime, NOT! I've used those things to clean off any and everything including my shirts while making a quilt. :) Recently I did a backing with flannel, boy did they ever come in handy! Love those things!

I also have a couple. One by the quilting frame, and one by my sewing machine. I try and get the little snips of thread as I iron, but it's amazing what I pull off as I quilt!

I, too, have one that I use on quilts.

I always keep a lint roller in my sewing room as well as near my quilt machine as it never fails, lint will find its way onto the sandwich. The batting is worse at collecting lint and since I don't have a batting bar on my frame I'm constantly checking as I advance. Nothing like finding a dark thread in the middle of your quilt after its been quilted.

I have a lot of them and I buy the refills when JAF has those 50% coupons and everything is one sale but them !!

I have a lint roller in every room including the bathroom. I always know where the spare is.

They are also good to pick up the tiny threads left in the seam line when "unsewing"

Absolutely love lint rollers! I use them all the time....especially when FMQ'ing!

I usually use the painters tape I have for marking lines to remove extra threads

That is a gr8 idea. Thanks!

My goodness!!! Where did you keep it?

Using the lint roller to clean my design wall is on my to do list today!!! I noticed on someone's post yesterday they needed to do it, too. I thought I had the only "hairy" design wall lol!

Lint rollers are fantastic inventions. Before them I used wide scotch tape in a circle around my fingers.

I don't get many threads etc. on my tops. I have used lint roller to clean off my cutting mat when I have had to trim tiny pieces off the piece edge.

Something new to try. I have used masking tape that I wind around my hand to pick up stray threads and fuzz. It is inexpensive and I can tear off what I need and just throw it away.

Yep. I confess that I am the proud owner of several lint rollers also. Useful little inventions, aren't they?!

I have both the kind with the sticky paper and one I found at a quilt show that the tread and fuzz just rinses off

We have 3 dogs and 2 cats. I honestly can't tell you how many lint rollers we have!! At least a dozen, if not double that. I keep one in my car and at my desk at work, too. And two in my sewing room - a little one at my machine for un-sewn seams, and a larger one at the pressing station.

Whoever invented those things is a genius, I hope they got rich from it!

I recently discovered a unique resource.. I was watching my son change the plastic mesh (you know..the blue on one side and white on backside) that is used for the air-conditioning air return. I wondered how a small piece would work on collecting thread scraps on my cutting mat. Well, Lo and Behold !!! I think it works better than the lint roller because it is flexible and a little pressure gets into the seams nicely. So I stole a small piece and cut 1/2 dozen rectangles (like the school erasers) and now I'm set for life! One swipe and I'm ready to go. Give it a try! Sandy

They are great.

if they'd make one that worked on my cocker spaniel, i'd buy it in a heartbeat. the last one i bought makes her look like she has rollers in her hair. won't do that again, lol! thought i'd go to the source, you know. i have a disposable design wall. as long as walmart sells flannel backed tablecloths for under $5 i'll have an unlimited supply! seriously, i buy them at any store i see them in. i don't consider it an impulse buy. it's a survival tool! i'm down to two hairy dogs, and a shedding cat, add in threads and my own silver strands, and you can see why i love those things. no such thing as too many! one in each car, one at each door, one in each bathroom and one in each room, two in the quilt room. oh, and the one stuck to the dog! lol
sewmoma, you finished before me, but we could be clones!